The "International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra at Gewandhaus Leipzig" project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland under the Inspiring Culture 2025-2026 programme
Cultural event of the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU
Organizer
Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic in Szczecin - Municipal Institution of Culture is co-led by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
Concerts organised in cooperation with Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne (PWM) as part of the TUTTI.pl program promoting the performance of Polish music.
The International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra will once again perform in the golden hall of the Szczecin Philharmonic – the organizer of the project. Young musicians from all over the world, under the baton of maestro Przemysław Neumann, will meet real masterpieces of classical music. The excellent pianist Aleksandra Świgut will be the star of the evening. This is a unique opportunity to listen not only to wonderful music, but also to exceptionally talented young instrumentalists, who in the future will play in the best orchestral ensembles in the world.
“A great work of art is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty” – the legendary mentor of musicians Nadia Boulanger once said. Indeed, the extraordinary relationship between master and disciple is one of the most important bonds in classical music, and it is this relationship that this concert explores. It was from Rimsky-Korsakov’s famous composition class that both Sergei Rachmaninoff and Witold Maliszewski emerged, and the latter became the venerated master of one of the greatest Polish composers of the 20th century – Witold Lutosławski.
From Rachmaninoff’s famous Symphonic Dances, through Maliszewski’s virtuoso Kuyavian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra to Lutosławski’s Little Suite – all these pieces also explore the theme of dance, which each of them approaches in a completely different way.
This will be the debut of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra in the legendary, grand hall of the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. After the ensemble's earlier successes in the Berlin Konzerthaus and the National Forum of Music in Wrocław, our young musicians will play on another, very prestigious stage. The orchestra will be conducted by maestro Przemysław Neumann, and the soloist will be the outstanding pianist – Aleksandra Świgut.
Guest performance of the orchestra at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig
“A great work of art is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty” – the legendary mentor of musicians Nadia Boulanger once said. Indeed, the extraordinary relationship between master and disciple is one of the most important bonds in classical music, and it is this relationship that this concert explores. It was from Rimsky-Korsakov’s famous composition class that both Sergei Rachmaninoff and Witold Maliszewski emerged, and the latter became the venerated master of one of the greatest Polish composers of the 20th century – Witold Lutosławski.
From Rachmaninoff’s famous Symphonic Dances, through Maliszewski’s virtuoso Kuyavian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra to Lutosławski’s Little Suite – all these pieces also explore the theme of dance, which each of them approaches in a completely different way.
